Articles filed under Opinion
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Leader without a causeJan 09, 2010 10:00 pm - Last month, no American soldiers were killed in Iraq. Last month, the unemployment rate dipped a bit, the stock market ended the year up, the financial system did not cr...
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Something about that nameJan 07, 2010 10:00 pm - The secular left - and some self-described Christians - criticize Brit Hume, the Fox News commentator, for suggesting that the solution to Tiger Woods' problems is a rel...
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To Ellen with loveJan 07, 2010 10:00 pm - I confess to feeling only slightly more rational than "Misery's" Kathy Bates. I want to strap Ellen Goodman into a chair and make her keep writing columns. Goodman, whos...
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Barack Obama's 9/11Jan 06, 2010 10:00 pm - Was Christmas Day 2009 the same kind of wake-up call for Barack Obama that Sept. 11, 2001, had been for George W. Bush? The near-miss by a passenger flying into Detroit ...
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Some sad stories must constantly be repeatedJan 06, 2010 10:00 pm - For more than two years early in the decade we've just completed, the Daily Herald conducted a strong, sustained crusade against drug use. Beginning with a package of st...
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Brat-pack parents strike backJan 05, 2010 10:00 pm - After recently criticizing bratty students at the University of California for protesting a fee hike because they'd rather have taxpayers subsidize their educations, I s...
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Must 2010 be 1994?Jan 05, 2010 10:00 pm - As they enter this difficult election year, Democrats seem ready to engage yet again in a debate they never seem to tire of: whether winning demands "moving to the cente...
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War? What war?Jan 04, 2010 10:00 pm - Janet Napolitano - former Arizona governor, now overmatched secretary of homeland security - will forever be remembered for having said of the attempt to bring down an a...
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It's Obama's ball nowJan 03, 2010 10:00 pm - As the new year commences, two facts emerge: George W. Bush is officially retired as the fault-guy for the nation's ills, and Barack Obama owns the game. Whether he want...
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It really ought to be called 'illegal'Dec 29, 2009 10:00 pm - Those on the pro-immigrant left have shown considerable courage in taking on Maricopa County, Ariz., Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Minutemen vigilantes, border walls and an endles...